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Fado in a sentence

Fado meaning

A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance.

Synonyms of Fado

folk song folksong folk ballad

Related words

Other words often associated with Fado or its synonyms:

folk vocal song

Using Fado

  • The main meaning on this page is: A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance.
  • Useful related words include: folk song, folksong, folk ballad.

Context around Fado

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

empire 1× regime 1× vocalists 1× dance 1×

Often after:

grew 1× regained 1× rap 1× esque 1× concert 1× music 1× bars 1×

Sentence patterns with Fado

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

fado the typically 1× flung empire fado grew out 1× gamut from fado esque folk 1× like dance fado rap and 1× occupied by fado bars restaurants 1× organized a fado concert to 1× role within fado music 1× salazar regime fado s essence 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an unintended harvest 1× fado the typically 1× in portugal the 1× led by a 1× she experimented with 1× the marrakech directorate 1×

Common sentence endings:

and brazilian rhythms 1× da costa tonight 1× gained international attention 1× glum death metal 1× of mass tourism 1× of the district 1×

Words around Fado

Just before it in the word index:

fadness 2 fadnavis 165 fadlu 3 fadli 2 fadlallah 5 fadl 2

Just after it in the word index:

fads 47 fadu 2 fadul 2 faduyile 5 fady 3 fadzayi 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Fado

  • In this selection, "fado" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, empire, regime, vocalists, grew, regained and rap stand out and add context to how "fado" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include fado the typically and flung empire fado grew out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "fado" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with fado

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In Portugal, the same instrument is often used with steel strings particularly in its role within fado music. (18 words)

Fado, the typically Portuguese style of melancholy music, is common (but not obligatory) in the restaurants of the district. (19 words)

It is an historical quarter of mixed-use buildings occupied by Fado bars, restaurants, and homes with small shops downstairs. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

She experimented with musical genres like dance, fado, rap and Cape Verdean batuque and explored her anger over world leaders like Donald Trump “who seemed to be systematically removing all of our personal freedoms,” she told me. (37 words)

This notional storytelling, meanwhile, is interspersed with passages of droll, quiet slapstick — often hinging on man-versus-machine haplessness — and spacey song breaks that run the gamut from fado-esque folk to glum death metal. (35 words)

Led by a disparate cast of women vocalists, fado regained its mojo as artists like Mariza, Mísia, Cristina Branco, Ana Moura, and Dulce Pontes gained international attention. (27 words)

Example sentences (9)

An unintended harvest from Portugal’s far-flung empire, fado grew out of the confluence of Portuguese folk poetry, Arabic cadences, and African and Brazilian rhythms.

Just as it survived the censorship and co-opting of the Salazar regime, fado’s essence will likely survive the effects of mass tourism.

Led by a disparate cast of women vocalists, fado regained its mojo as artists like Mariza, Mísia, Cristina Branco, Ana Moura, and Dulce Pontes gained international attention.

She experimented with musical genres like dance, fado, rap and Cape Verdean batuque and explored her anger over world leaders like Donald Trump “who seemed to be systematically removing all of our personal freedoms,” she told me.

This notional storytelling, meanwhile, is interspersed with passages of droll, quiet slapstick — often hinging on man-versus-machine haplessness — and spacey song breaks that run the gamut from fado-esque folk to glum death metal.

The Marrakech Directorate of Culture has organized a fado concert to celebrate the Portuguese guitar with Marta Pereira da Costa tonight.

Fado, the typically Portuguese style of melancholy music, is common (but not obligatory) in the restaurants of the district.

In Portugal, the same instrument is often used with steel strings particularly in its role within fado music.

It is an historical quarter of mixed-use buildings occupied by Fado bars, restaurants, and homes with small shops downstairs.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "fado" in a sentence?
An example: "An unintended harvest from Portugal’s far-flung empire, fado grew out of the confluence of Portuguese folk poetry, Arabic cadences, and African and Brazilian rhythms." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "fado" from authentic English texts.
What does "fado" mean?
Fado means: A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance.
What are synonyms of "fado"?
Common synonyms of "fado" include: folk song, folksong, folk ballad.
How many example sentences with "fado" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "fado", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.